Chapter 3 Signing a Contract
It turned out that it was overthinking and things were not that simple.
"Here, for you."
In the rental house, under the cold white light, Ye Xiaoxuan stared at the contract book thrown on the table by the magical creature and spread it out expressionlessly.
The crooked words on the parchment looked like runes from some other world, and she couldn't understand a single word.
"Hey." She raised her hand and pointed, "What's written on this?"
"Of course it's the writing of our world, what's wrong?" The magical creature scratched his head, looking confused.
Ye Xiaoxuan didn't say anything, just stared at it quietly.
This was the first time she took a good look at this so-called "magical creature" - purple fur, scarlet eyes, a few crooked whiskers, and two ears, one larger than the other.
Ugly in a unique way.
She commented secretly in her heart.
"I don't understand. Write it again." The light shone on the man and the pet. Ye Xiaoxuan's tone was cold and did not allow for any questioning.
"Ah?" The halo of the magical creature flickered. "But, the contract must be written in our language to be valid..."
"Then translate it." She interrupted it. "After you translate it, give me both the original text and the translation."
The magical creature froze.
"...Well..." Its wandering eyes and slightly retreating movements revealed its guilty conscience.
"Actually, I, I don't quite recognize your human writing..." It laughed dryly, "How about you sign first? Everyone signs this way anyway, there won't be any problem..."
"Don't call me Xiaoye." Ye Xiaoxuan's voice was as cold as ice. "Everyone is everyone, and I am me."
"I see that you speak Chinese quite well, so it shouldn't be impossible to translate it. Now, hurry up and translate it." She said word by word, "If Chinese doesn't work, translate it into another language, any language on Earth."
The magical creature did not respond. His eyes swept across the contract on the table, then across Ye Xiaoxuan's face. He gritted his teeth and started translating it.
"Otherwise, no discussion."
Ye Xiaoxuan's voice was resolute, and the magical creatures fell silent.
Its eyes moved back and forth between the contract and Ye Xiaoxuan. Finally, it gritted its teeth, grabbed a pen, and began to write on the paper.
A few minutes later, it pushed the translated contract over.
Ye Xiaoxuan looked down——
Nigerian
Ye Xiaoxuan stared at the Nigerian contract, her eyes twitching slightly.
"I can't help it!" The magical creature rubbed his paws in defense, "This is the first country I landed in, and I am most familiar with this language~"
"Yes, that's fine."
She interrupted simply and waved her hand, looking like she didn't bother to argue.
The magical creature's eyes lit up - it passed the test so easily? This difficult woman didn't continue to make things difficult for it?
The next second, it heard——
“Click”
Ye Xiaoxuan quickly opened the translation software on her mobile phone and took two photos of the contract.
The halo of the magical creature dimmed instantly.
Under the dimensionality reduction attack of the 21st century's scientific and technological power, the obscure contract text was quickly transformed into Chinese. However, the quality of the translation into a niche language is really touching, so we still have to verify it with the magical creatures.
"The first question is - is this a labor contract or a service contract?" Ye Xiaoxuan's pen was suspended above the contract, and the tip of the pen cast a shadow on the parchment.
Seeing the magical creature's bewilderment, she changed her words: "To put it simply, am I an employer, a partner, or a dependent in the guise of a partner?"
"Cooperation!"
After experiencing a series of battles of wits and courage with Ye Xiaoxuan, the magical creature now only wanted to sign a contract with her as soon as possible and simply enter a state of knowing everything.
At this moment, its halo was flashing wildly, and its fur was bursting with tension.
"Very good." Ye Xiaoxuan ticked the clause, "Then what about the specific definition of the second clause - 'upholding justice'?"
"for example:"
"Should we focus on the deeds and not the heart or the heart and not the deeds? And most importantly, the final right of interpretation..."
"It's not in your hands, is it?"
"This..." Considering a magical girl's signing ceremony, such a question was too sharp, even a bit realistic.
But due to the constraints of the rules, it had to answer every question and could only tense up to deal with it.
"To tell you the truth, strictly speaking, this is just a useless clause. As long as you can explain it clearly, we can't do anything to you. As for ordering you to do something, of course we can't do that. We are in a cooperative relationship. At most, we can stop you from doing something, but we can't force you to do something. In short, you can't do whatever you want, but you can choose not to do something."
In line with your human definition of freedom, this is the subtext of magical creatures.
"Well, it's okay." Ye Xiaoxuan naturally understood the hidden meaning in these words.
Next, Ye Xiaoxuan found several loopholes of varying sizes and conducted a series of checks and corrections on the contract.
All I can say is that the pitfalls she encountered while looking for a job in previous years helped her to a great extent.
Until the end, Ye Xiaoxuan looked at the contract, pointed at the words "soul binding", and asked: "What does this soul binding mean? Explain it clearly.
Ye Xiaoxuan's tone was still strong, but the magical creature was already exhausted by her and said weakly, "Magical power is rooted in the soul. If you want to use magic, of course you have to be soul-bound. What's there to ask? Isn't this a convention?"
"Please write down the supplementary explanation for this. Otherwise, if the real meaning of your soul binding is that even if the physical body dies, it will still work for eternity, then I will really be at a loss."
"Eh——" Even though they knew that this woman's thinking process was different from other magical girls, the magical creatures were shocked by her thoughts at this moment. "How could such a thing happen? Your thoughts are too dark!"
"There's nothing we can do, this is the adult world." Ye Xiaoxuan said to her in a serious tone.
After saying that, he handed the contract to the magical creature again, and the magical creature quickly modified the contract.
Ye Xiaoxuan took the contract back, compared it with the instant translation, and nodded with satisfaction. "Okay, there's no problem now, sign it."
Finally, it could be signed. The magical creature, who had been tormented for a long time, was grateful and quickly pushed the contract in front of her.
"All you have to do is put your hand up there, make a hand seal, and then you can become a magical girl."
"Hmm." A white light suddenly lit up, and the runes on the contract moved like living things, wrapping around her fingertips. Ye Xiaoxuan did not flinch, allowing the light to penetrate her skin, leaving a lavender mark on the inside of her wrist.
——She officially became a magical girl.
The moment she saw the contract being established, Ye Xiaoxuan's eyes deepened.
A long time ago, her mother had told her that when you go clothes shopping, never let the store owner know that you like a piece of clothing, otherwise the price will at least double.
You should try your best to show your dislike and argue with the merchant, so as to maximize your own profits.
Her life was too boring, like a stagnant pool of water. Sometimes Ye Xiaoxuan thought to herself, day after day of KPIs, overtime, and subway commuting, even on weekends she just went to a different place to reply to work messages.
She once tried to keep a cat, but the cat died; she tried to learn painting, but the paint dried; she tried to fall in love, but the other party said she was "too realistic."
Many times, she felt that she was not "alive", but just "not dead yet".
She doesn't want this kind of life, no one wants this kind of life.
Therefore, ever since she learned about the species of magical creatures, Ye Xiaoxuan decided that she must seize this opportunity, even if death is better than a stagnant pool of water.
However, her 35-year-old social life taught her two things:
1. There is no such thing as a free lunch. There are only layoff notices.
2. Any promise that is not written into the contract is bullshit.
It is also possible that it was written in.
Therefore, even if the other party is a magical creature, she cannot let her guard down.
So she began to explore, step by step, and then came to two conclusions:
First, for some unknown reason, this magical creature had to sign a contract with her and could not leave her;
Second, it seems unable to lie to itself and can only selectively conceal some information.
This led to the following series of events.
But the other party is a magical creature, and even though she has been tested, she is still at risk.
After all, there are too many things about it that I cannot understand. So...
"From today on, we are partners fighting side by side (=^▽^=)" she said.
"We need to get to know each other better," she added.
"Let me introduce myself again, my name is Ye Xiaoxuan, and you? What's your name?" Ye Xiaoxuan said as she showed the most sincere smile in these days.
The halo of the magical creature suddenly froze, as if it had not expected her to ask this.
"... Zi." It whispered, its tone somewhat uncertain, not knowing whether it should add anything.
"Okay, from today on, I'll call you Xiao Zi. Please give me your guidance."
"Please advise me."
The lighting in the living room is still cold and white, but the atmosphere is obviously much better.
Ye Xiaoxuan was about to let go when she suddenly felt her palm tighten.
"Well, there's actually a little detail I forgot to mention."
"What?" This time it was Ye Xiaoxuan's turn to be confused.
"That's right. After the contract is signed, it means you officially become a magical girl. The furious and angry subordinates will not let you go. In order to avoid you being beaten to death by them in the next action. Now, we have to start special training."
The air suddenly froze.
Ye Xiaoxuan: "!" "..."
Speak of the devil, he appears just two hours after the contract was signed.
At the age of 35, Ye Xiaoxuan, a new magical girl with rich social experience, realized that she had been cheated.
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